Existing Codex Standards
Codex standards on fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable-related products are developed by the:
Standards relating to fruits and vegetables* that have been endorsed and adopted into the international food code include:
| Fruits | Vegetables |
|---|
- Avocados
- Bananas
- Canned Apples
- Canned Apricots
- Canned Fruit and Vegetable Products
- Canned Fruit Cocktail
- Canned Grapefruit
- Canned Mandarin Oranges
- Canned Mangoes
- Canned Peaches
- Canned Pears
- Canned Pineapple
- Canned Plums
- Canned Raspberries
- Canned Strawberries
- Canned Tropical Fruit Salad
- Cape Gooseberry
- Citrus Marmalade
- Dates
- Dehydrated Fruits and Vegetables
including Edible Fungi - Dried Apricots
- Dried Fruits
- Fruit Preserves and Jellies
- Grapefruits (citrus paradisi)
- Guavas
- Guideline Procedures for the Visual
Inspection of Lots of Canned Foods - Jams
- Limes
- Logans
- Mango
- Mango Chutney
- Mangosteens
- Mexican Limes
- Packaging and Transport of Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables - Papaya
- Pineapple
- Prickly Pear
- Processing and Handling of Quick
Frozen Foods - Pummelos (citrus grandi)
- Quick Frozen Blueberries
- Quick Frozen Peaches
- Quick Frozen Raspberries
- Quick Frozen Strawberries
- Raisins
| - Asparagus
- Baby Corn
- Canned Asparagus
- Canned Carrots
- Canned Green Beans and Wax Beans
- Canned Green Peas
- Canned Mature Processed Peas
- Canned Mushrooms
- Canned Sweet Corn
- Canned Tomatoes
- Dried Edible Fungi
- Edible Fungi and Fungus Products
- Fresh Fungi "Chanterelle"
- Pickled Cucumbers
- Processed Tomato Concentrate
- Quick Frozen Broccoli
- Quick Frozen Brussels Sprouts
- Quick Frozen Carrots
- Quick Frozen Cauliflower
- Quick Frozen Corn-on-the-Cob
- Quick Frozen French Fried Potatoes
- Quick Frozen Green and Wax Beans
- Quick Frozen Leek
- Quick Frozen Peas
- Quick Frozen Spinach
- Quick Frozen Whole Kernel Corn
- Table Olives
- Tree tomatoes
- Chilli peppers
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* This is an indicative list only. For a full list of standards approved by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, please consult its
Official List of Standards.
Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Host Government - Mexico)
The Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CCFFV) is responsible for elaborating world-wide standards and codes of practice for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (Host Government – United States)
The Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (CCPFV) is responsible for elaborating world-wide standards for all types of processed fruits and vegetables including dried products (except prunes), canned products (except juices), and jams and jellies.
